Arrangement in receipt-issuing machines



Aug. 13, 1968 N. E. J. sTAHL ET AL 3,396,657

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United States Patent 3,396,657 ARRANGEMENT IN RECEIPT-ISSUING MACHINESNils Evert Johan Stzihl, Hjortstigen 18, Stocksund, Sweden, and OscarUno Larsson, Pettersbergsvagen 86, Hagersten, Sweden Filed July 15,1963, Ser. No. 354,188

Claims priority, application Sweden, July 16, 1962,

7,927/ 62 (Filed under Rule 47(3) and 35 U.S.C. 116) 8 Claims. (Cl.10166) ABSTRACT on THE DISCLOSURE A receipt-issuing machine includes twoprinting means which are adapted to print selectively different groupsof symbols upon a receipt as well as two indicating means showing to auser symbols selected from the two groups of symbols and means adjustingtwo printing means so that these printing means will be able to print asymbol selected by the user from the two groups of symbols.

The present invention relates to receipt-issuing machines for theprinting of receipts or tickets preferably with the markings of value,time, zone and line, but also for the marking of pre-issued tickets.

An essential feature of the invention consists in that a control memberaccessible from the outside of the machine can be set displaceably inrelation to the indicating means of the machine; another feature is thatcontrol members accessible from the outside of the machine as well areadapted to actuate and switch said indicating means in desired directionby means of transmission devices.

An advantageous embodiment of the invention consists of a number of cogwheels rotatably arranged on an axle and of a corresponding number ofrotatable indicating wheels and type wheels cooperating directly orindirectly with said cog wheels, each of the cog wheels, indicatingwheels and type wheels being arranged in decades and being step-wiserotatable in a desired direction of rotation by means of manuallycontrollable members from the outside of the machine, which members areadapted to actuate the cog wheel in any of the decades.

It is advantageous that the type wheels are rotatably arranged on anaxle and that a corresponding number of rotatably arranged indicatingwheels are mounted on an axle parallel with the aforementioned axle.

According to the invention the arrangement for rotat ing the cog wheelsas well as the type Wheels and indicating wheels cooperating with saidcog wheels consists of two parallel axes rotatable in a frame and ofmeans on either axle displaceable and swingable by the rotation ofeither axle, said means being adapted during alternative swinging for acertain angle of turn to rotate the cog wheels, type Wheels andindicating wheels in opposite directions of rotation.

A ticket machine combined with a device according to the inventionrenders quick and effective control as well as surveyable statistics ofprinted and issued tickets and is moreover rapidly fixable for theprinting of tickets with different time data.

Hereinafter an embodiment of the invention will be described in greaterdetail and illustrated by Way of accompanying drawings, and additionalfeatures of the invention will be disclosed.

FIGURES 1 and 2 are side views of the receipt-issuing machine accordingto the invention.

FIGURE 3 shows schematically type wheels and indicating wheels intendedfor the printing of tickets and cards, as well as means intended forrotating said wheels.

FIGURES 4 and 5 illustrate parts of the rotating means.

FIGURE 6 illustrates the means controllable from the outside of themachine for rotating the type wheels and the indicating wheels.

FIGURES 7, 8 and 9 illustrate parts of the means according to FIG. 6and, finally,

FIGURES 10 and 11 illustrate a displaceable holder combined with saidmeans, the rotating means being secured on said holder.

The numeral 12 designates the casing of the ticket machine, and 13 anaperture therein for feeding-out ready printed tickets 14. The meansintended for the printing and the feeding-out of the ready printedtickets are already known and therefore not objects of the presentinvention. The numeral 15 designates a flat or substantially fiat framesection, preferably of sheet metal, provided with legs 16 disposed andextending rectangularly to said frame section. The legs ,16 are providedwith apertures for carrying therein axles 17 and 18 extending parallelto each other at a certain diametrical distance. Said axles 17, 18 areadapted to extend a certain length beyond the one leg 16 0f the framesection 15. On the end portions of the axles 17 and 18 there are rigidlysecured two levers 19 and 20, by means of which the axles 17 and 18 arerotatable to a certain angle of turn. The levers 19 and 20 are providedwith U-shaped recesses 21 and 22, into which recesses the means intendedfor turning the axles are adapted to engage. The means intended forturning the axles 17, 18 are arranged displaceably in the plane ofswinging of the levers 19 and 20, respectively, and connected withbuttons 23 and 24 accessible from the outside of the machine, as shownin FIG. 1. The means connected with said buttons are well known in theart and are not further illustrated; they are displaceable in thedirection of motion as indicated by the arrows 25 and 26.

The axles 17 and 18 are provided, as shown in FIG. 8, with pins 27 and28 secured at right angles to said axles, said pins being adapted toretain said axles in a certain position of turn against pins 29 and 30,secured on the legs 16. The numeral 31 designates a heliocoidal spring,which is adapted, when turning the axles 17 and 18, to restore saidaxles to idle turning position.

The numeral 32 designates a holder of sheet metal displaceably arrangedon the axles 17, 18. Said holder has a plan section and side walls 33,34 extending at right angles to said plan section and parallel to eachother. The side wall 33 is provided with an aperture 35, while the sidewall 34 is provided with an aperture 36, the axle 17 being insertablethrough said apertures. The side wall 33 is provided with asemi-circular recess 37, which is adapted to fit in a circular groove 38on a sleeve 39, which is displaceable on the axle 18. The holder 32 isdisplaceable on the axles 18 and 17 by means of a member 40 embodied ina grip connected with said holder, which member is accessible from theoutside of the machine. Said holder is adapted upon its displacement onthe axles 17 and 18 to carry along means displaceable on said axles.These means are shown on an enlarged scale in FIGS. 4 and 5. Said meansconsists of a sleeve-formed nave 41 and of an arm 42 rigidly connectedwith said nave. Said arm 42 is at a certain distance from the centralline of the nave 41 provided with a sleeve 43 rigidly connected withsaid arm. In said sleeve there is pivotally secured an element 44 bymeans of an axle-tap 45 mounted in said element. The element 44 isprovided with an arm 46 which, when swinging the arm 42 in operativedirection of swinging, is adapted to engage against the peripheralportion of the nave 41.

The element 44 is moreover provided with an arm, the end portion ofwhich is embodied in a holding dog 47. A

helicoidal spring 48 arranged about the bearing sleeve 43 is adapted toinfluence the element 44 during swinging on the arm 42 and to retainsaid element in a certain position of said element. The axles'17, 18 arebevelled in the longitudinal direction, so that flat parallel sideportions 49 are provided on said axles. The means 41, 42 displaceable onthe axles 17, 18 are provided on their sleeve-formed naves with inwardlydirected warts or projections 50, which prevent the rotation of saidmeans on said axles.

The numerals 51 designate a number of cog wheels, for example twelve cogwheels, rotatably and adjacently arranged on a rigid axle 52. Said cogWheels are adapted to cooperate with an equal number of indicatingwheels, rotatably and adjacently arranged on a rigid axle 53. The cogwheels 51 are also adapted to cooperate with and to rotate an equalnumber of type wheels 56 rotatably arranged on a rigid axle '55. Theaxles 52, 53 and 55 are parallel and are mounted on a frame, not shownin the drawings. The indicating wheels 54 and the type wheels 56 areprovided with an equal number of spaces 57, 58, for example ten suchspaces, for ciphers or letter designations. The numeral 59 designates aprinting pad arranged close to the type wheels 56, and 60 designates apaper strip, guidable between said pad and said type wheels,constituting ticket blanks. The designations on the spaces of the typewheels '56, which are directed against the printing pad 59, arecontrollable on the indicating wheels 54 through a window 61 provided inthe casing 12 of the machine.

The holder 32, displaceably arranged on the axles 17, 18, has a fiatwall extending substantially parallel to said axles and provided withapproximately rectangular apertures 62, 63. Two opposed edges on saidapertures are directed perpendicularly to the axles 17, 18 and areadapted to engage the circular edges of the nave pertaining to the means41, 42 displaceably arranged on said axles.

The substantially parallel edge portions of the frame section 15 areprovided with a number of tooth-shaped projections 64, 65 arranged at adistance from each other. The means 41, 42, swingable by means of theaxles 17, 18, are provided with wheels 66 which when swinging in theoperative direction penetrate between the projections 64 and 65respectively. The purpose of the projections 64, 65 is, when swingingthe means 41, 42, to prevent displacement of the holder 32 on the axles17, 18.

The holder 32 is provided with an arresting device, which is intended tofacilitate the setting of the swingable means 41, 42 to actuate any ofthe cog Wheels 51. The arresting device consists of an angular arm 67which is swingable on an axle-tap 68 provided on the holder 32. The freeend-portion of the arm 67 is provided with a tap or roll 69 which isadapted to engage the end portions of a projection situated closethereto, said end portions being rounded-E. A spring 70 is adapted toswing the arm 67 and thereby to press the tap 69 against the recess 64.The holder 32 is combined with an indicator 71, visible in the window61. The holder 32 is displaced by means of the grip 40 to such aposition that the indicator 71 is directed to that indicating wheel 54which is to be turned in either direction of rotation by depressing oneof the members 23, 24.

When depressing, for example, the member 24, the axle combined with saidmember by means of the motion transmission devices, for example the axle18, is swung and swings the means 41, 42 upon said axle to the extent ofa certain angle, the dog 47 of said means turning the cog wheel 51 onestep in one direction of rotation, corresponding to the division of thecogs, and simultaneously the indicating wheel 54 as well as the typewheel 56 are turned one step in the same direction of rotation. When thepressure on the button ceases, the spring 31 will turn the axle in theopposite direction, in which position the arresting pins 28 and 30engage each other, the means 41, 42 being swung simultaneously to thestarting position. During the opposite swinging motion of the means 41,42, the holding dog 47 actuated by a spring 48 will slide against a cogon the cog wheel 51; thus a rotation of said wheel as well as of thewheels 54 and 56 will not take place. Every time one member is beingdepressed, the cog wheel as well as the indicating wheel and the typeWheel are turned one step. When the other member 23 is depressed, thecog wheel 51 as well as the indicating wheel 54 and the type wheel 56are turned in the opposite direction of rotation.

The button 23 is provided with the marking and the button 24 with themarking If it is desired that a cipher of higher value on one of theindicating wheels 54 should become visible in the window 61, theindicator 71 is displaced by the grip 40, whereupon the marked butt-on23 is depressed. If, however, a cipher of lower value on the indicatingwheel should become visible in the window 61, the marked button isdepressed.

FIG. 3 shows that the cog wheels 51 cooperate directly with theindicating wheels 54 and the type wheels 56. The arrangement accordingto the invention can be combined with portable as well as stationaryreceipt-issuing machines.

Obviously, the invention is not limited to the embodiment describedhereinbefore and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, for whichreason elements can be varied without departing from the scope of theinvention.

What we claim is:

1. A printing machine for receipts, comprising a first printing meansserving to print selectively a first plurality of symbols, secondprinting means serving to print selectively a second plurality ofsymbols, first indicating means arranged to indicate to a user thesymbols selected from said first plurality of symbols, second indicatingmeans arranged to indicate to a user the symbol selected from saidsecond plurality of symbols, adjusting means displaceable relative tothe first and second printing means to a selected position whichcorresponds to a selected one of the first and second printing means andin which said adjusting means cam adjust said selected one to bring saidselected one to such a position that it can print the symbol selectedfrom the relevant plurality of symbols, first control means operablefrom outside the machine and serving to operate the adjusting means toadjust the printing means, and second control means operable fromoutside the machine and serving to displace said adjusting mmns to saidselected position.

2. A machine as claimed in claim 1, further comprising first and secondturnable cog wheels mounted on an axle and arranged to be turnedstepwise about said axle by said adjusting means, said first and secondprinting means being first and second type wheels cooperating with thefirst and second cog Wheels, respectively, and said first and secondindicating means being first and second indicating wheels cooperatingwith said first and second cog wheels, respectively. I

3. A machine as claimed in claim 2, wherein the type wheels are mountedon a second axle and the indicating wheels are mounted on a third axleparallel with the first-mentioned axle and the second axle.

4. A machine as claimed in claim 3, further comprising two parallelaxles rotatably mounted in a frame, said adjusting means beingdisplaceable along said two parallel axles and being swingable byturning of said two parallel axles to act on and turn the cog wheelssoas to rotate the type wheels and the indicating wheels.

5. A machine as claimed in claim 4, wherein said first control meanscomprises two manually operable buttons operably connected to two armsmounted on the respective two parallel axles, a spring urging said twoparallel axles in opposite directions of rotation.

6. A machine according to claim 4, comprising swingable means connectedwith said axles, a holder displacing said swingable means on said axlesand displaceably mounted on said axles, side walls perpendicular to saidaxles, said side wall being provided with holes for the one axle whileone side wall of the holder is provided with a semi-circular recess, asleeve slidable on one of said axles and having a circular groove, saidrecess fitting against said groove, the holder on its plan portion beingprovided with approximately rectangular apertures with opposed paralleledge portions directed perpendicularly to said axles, said edge portionsbeing adapted to move close to a central portion of the swingable means.

7. A machine according to claim 6, wherein the swingable means which areadapted to group-wise turn a cog wheel and cooperate with type wheel andindicating wheel, consists of a sleeve-formed nave displaceably mountedon the adapted axles, and an arm connected therewith, a spring actuatedholding dog connected with said arm, the length of the nave dependingupon the distance between the opposed edge portions of the aperturesprovided in the displaceable holder so that said edge portions mayengage the end-edges of the nave and at displacement of the holder,carry along the swingable means.

8. A machine according to claim 6, comprising a grip connected with theholder whereby the holder combined with the swing-able means isdisplaceable by means of said grip and accessible from the outside ofthe machine, an indicator connected with said holder and visible in thewindow being located in front of the indicating wheels and adapted to beset upon the indicating wheel of the wheel-group that is to be switched.

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ROBERT E. PULFREY, Primary Examiner.

